Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2019
541. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the national dairy herd in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53393/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe CSO's June Livestock Survey includes the following information for the years 2015-2019
|
Description |
June 2015 |
June 2016 |
June 2017 |
June 2018 |
June 2019 |
|
Dairy cows (000 head) |
1,295.8 |
1,397.9 |
1,432.7 |
1,480.9 |
1,504.8 |
2019 data is based on the CSO Crops and Livestock Survey June Provisional Estimates. More detailed data from the CSO's June and December Livestock Surveys each year is available at the CSO website.
